Genre: Shooter / Arcade
Publisher: Atari
Year: 1981
System: Atari 8-bit
Defender is a side-scrolling shooter in which players control a spaceship tasked with protecting humanoids on the surface of a planet from waves of alien invaders. The player can move in both directions across a horizontally scrolling landscape, using radar to locate enemies and navigate the terrain. The primary objective is to shoot down incoming aliens while preventing them from abducting and mutating the humans below. If all humans are lost, the planet is destroyed, making survival more difficult. The game features fast-paced action, tight controls, and a high level of challenge, staying faithful to the 1981 arcade original developed by Williams.
